John Ii think we are all asked that question. And as much as I try and explain to those that ask that it is the perception of age that is important, not the actual age. They don't even care how long it has been in training. It doesn't matter, all people want to know is how old is it?

So true - and to be honest, from all the 300-odd trees I own, I don't actually think that I know the age of a single one of them. I know what year I collected them, bought them or grew from cuttings (no seed!) but I can't say how old they were before I found them. :-)